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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. GeoMesa vs. GridDB vs. SingleStore vs. VelocityDB

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table typeA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelKey-value storeSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.geomesa.orggriddb.netwww.singlestore.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.griddb.netdocs.singlestore.comvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGCCRi and othersToshiba CorporationSingleStore Inc.VelocityDB Inc
Initial release20092014201320132011
Current release3.10.0, March 20225.0.0, May 20245.1, August 20228.5, January 20247.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availablecommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaC++C++, GoC#
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxLinux info64 bit version requiredAny that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)yes infobut no triggers and foreign keysno
APIs and other access methodsJCacheJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
.Net
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyesno
Triggersyes infoCache Event ListenersnoyesnoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layerShardingSharding infohash partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layerSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsno infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)depending on storage layerImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoACID at container levelACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesdepending on storage layeryesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesBased on Windows Authentication
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EhcacheGeoMesaGridDBSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLVelocityDB
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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SingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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SingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Driving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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IEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Customers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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F ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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